Dias (surname)

Dias is a common surname in the Portuguese language, and therefore in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Albertina Dias, Portuguese long-distance runner
• Aline Dias, Brazilian actress
• Alycia Dias (born 1992), Pakistani playback singer
• Ana Dias (photographer) (born 1984), Portuguese photographer
• André Dias, Brazilian football player
• Annesley Dias (1927–2009), Sri Lankan Sinhalese comedian
• Avani Dias (born 1991/1992), Sri Lankan-Australian journalist
• Bartolomeu Dias (1450–1500), Portuguese explorer
• Bennet Dias Gunasekera (1919–2002), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
• Bruno Dias (born 1976), Portuguese politician
• Cello Dias, Brazilian guitarist for Against All Will
• Daniel Dias Gunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and politician
• Denny Dias, American guitarist
• Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe, 46th Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
• Dinis Dias, Portuguese explorer
• Diogo Dias, Portuguese explorer
• Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Angolan politician
• Fernando Dias van Dúnem, Angolan politician
• Filipe Oliveira Dias, Portuguese architect
• Gaspar Dias (ca. 1560–1590), Portuguese Mannerist painter
• Gonçalves Dias, Brazilian poet
• Isabelle Adriana Nogueira Dias (born 1992), Brazilian dancer and model
• Jagath Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Army general, former Deputy Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Germany, Switzerland, and the Vatican
• Jacqueline Maria Dias, Pakistani nursing professor
• João Dias (born 1973), Portuguese politician
• Laura Faver Dias, American politician in Illinois
• Lucky Dias (born 1951), Sri Lankan Sinhalese actor and producer
• Luisa Dias Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
• Maria Berenice Dias, Brazilian judge
• Michael Dias, Sri Lankan barrister, academic and jurist who practised in the UK
• Nicholas Dias Abeysingha (1719–1794), Sri Lankan Maha Mudaliyar
• Paulo Dias de Novais, Portuguese colonizer of Africa
• Pêro Dias, Portuguese explorer
• Prasad Dias (born 1977), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Ranga Dias (cricketer), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Ranga P. Dias, condensed-matter physicist
• Ron Dias (1937–2013), American animator and painter
• Ron Dias (director) (born 1983), Canadian filmmaker, best known for Bite of a Mango
• Roy Dias (born 1952), Sri Lankan Chetty cricketer
• Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Oliveira, Portuguese football player
• Sachin Premashan Dias Angodavidanalage (born 2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala badminton player
• Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese government administrator
• Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
• Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician
• Virna Dias, Brazilian volleyball player
• Ruben Dias, Manchester City football player
• Dias Gomes, Brazilian writer
• Steven Dias, Indian footballer
• Sudantha Dias (born 1971), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Sumangala Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhalese air force officer
• Wakunugoda Gayathri Irosha Dias, Sri Lankan Sinhala cinema and TV actress